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D. D. OGILVIB.

GATE. No.' 592,251. Patented 001;. 26,1897.

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GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,251 ,dated October26, 1897.

Application filed May 28, 1896. `Seri-al No. 593,460. (No model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID D. 'OG ILVIE, a citizen 'of the United States,residing at Lee, in the county of Elko and State of Nevada, haveinvented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecication.

The invention relates to improvements in gates. Y

Heretofore gates have been operated` by means of ropes connected to therear end of a horizontal lever which is fulcrumed between its ends on ahinge-,post and which'has its front end connected with the latch of thegate fective device for offsetting the operatingrope,which closes thegate, sufficiently to-prevent a dead-center and enable the gate'to bereadily closed.

' The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of this invention.

parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure-1 is a perspective view of a gate constructed inaccordancel with Fig. 2 is a detail view of the keeper of thelatch-post.

Like numerals of reference designate oorresponding parts in both thefigures ofthe drawings.

1 designates a swinging gate adapted t open ineither direction andarranged to swing away from the operator'to avoid frightening teams andenable the same to drive close to the gate to be opened. The gate, whichmay be hinged in any suitable manner, is provided with a latch-bar 2,disposed longitudinally, pivoted at its inner end, and operating throughan opening orwmortise 3 of the front or outer end bar of the gate. Thelatch-bar projects beyond the gate and is adapted to engage a doublekeeper 4 of a' latch-post 5, and it is prevented from swinging past thesame in closing by a stop 6, disposed centrally over the double keeper4L and having its lower end beveled at opposite sides. The latch isconnected at a point inadvance of its pivot with a Wire or rope 7, whichextends upward through an eye of an arm 8 of the gate and which isconnected with a horizontally-swinging lever 9. The lever is fulcrumedcentrally on a support 10 and is connected with oppositely-disposedoperating wires or ropes 11, extend-ing from the gatein oppositedirections and Venabling the same to be operated a distance vfrom it.The frontend of the horizontally-disposed lever 9 is connected with thelatch by the said wire or rope 7, and the connection with the latch 2 isat a point so near the pivot that a greater pull will be required tolift the latch than is necessary to swing the gate, whereby the gatewill be swung sufiiciently to carry the latch-bar away from the stop 6,so that the latter will not interfere with the movement of the latch inopening the gate. The support`10 preferably consists of a post orupright, and it is braced by an inclined bar 12, extending from a shortpost 13 to the upper portion of the support 10, extending in advance ofthe same and provided with an eye receiving the upper pintle of thegate. The bar 12 is located directly in rear of the gate when the latteris closed.

. The outer portio'ns'of the operating wires or ropes 11 are providedwith handles and depend from inclined arms 15a ofuprights 15, and thearms 15, which extend outward from the `uprights 15, are provided withpulleys 16, over which the wires or ropes pass.

The arm 8 extends vertically from the gate and may be provided with anysuitable form of eye or guide for the latch wire or rope 7, and a pulley8a is arranged in the guide or opening of the arm 8 to facilitate a freemovement of the latch wire or rope 7. After the latch has beendisengaged from the keeper of the latch-post the gate opens freely, andits movement is limited by posts 17, arranged at opposite sidesof thegate and provided with keepers 18, arranged to be engaged by thelatch-bar 2 when the gate is open.

In order to enable the gate to be readily opened, the lever 9 has anoffsetting device mounted on it in advance of its pivot, and thisoffsetting device consists of a cross-bar IOO 1U, which is rigidlysecured to the lever, and upwardly-extending pins 20, which are locatedat the ends of the bar 19 and which are adapted, when the gate isopened, to engage the operating-ropes alternately to offset Jthe samefrom the lever and cause them to pull laterally on the same, whereby thegate is readily opened. lVhen one of the arms 2O is in eontaet with theoperating-rope, the other is out of Such Contact.

It will be seen that the gate is positive and reliable in operation,that it is capable of being readily opened from either side of itwithout dismounting or leaving a vehicle, and that in opening it alwaysswings away from the operator to enable teams to be driven close to thegate and to avoid frightening them.

Changes in the form7 proportion, and minor details of Construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or saerieing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim is- The herein-deseribed gate, pivoted to swing inopposite directions, and provided with a latch 2, and an upright S, incombination with a erueiforin lever pivoted upon the hingepost, a oordpassing from the lateh through the end of upright S, and secured to theforward end of the lever, pins 20 carried by arms lf) of the lever, andropes extending from the rear of the lever to posts 15,011 oppositesides of the gate, all substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID l). OGILVIE.

Witnesses:

W. A. MAssEY, WEBSTER PATTERSON.

